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From: jtkohl@ci-dandelion.UUCP (John T Kohl)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: RedRyder 9.2 Term Emulation Problem
Message-ID: <178@ci-dandelion.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-Jul-86 12:15:33 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 29 12:15:33 1986
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In article <4456@decwrl.DEC.COM> herdeg@tallis.dec.com writes:
>...
>
>I can verify that I've observed the same thing.  Red Ryder now emulates a
>VT100 perfectly for everything I've tried except TOPS-20 EMACS.  I've
>observed the same behavior--lines with strange indentions at the middle
>or even far right of the screen.  I assumed it was some kind of strange
>optimization using one of the advanced VT100 cursor control functions
>which Red Ryder doesn't emulate exactly right.  I usually just use VT52
>emulation when I'm running emacs on TOPS-20.
>
>You can communicate with Scott Watson on Genie.  You get a free account
>when you send in your Red Ryder registration, and then it's only  $5.00
>per hour evenings and weekends.  The latest versions of RR can also be
>downloaded from there.
>
>Mark Herdeg
My first impression would be to set my terminal type to 'ansi' on the 20
rather than vt100.  At least the 20 at MIT thinks vt100's know about
vt52 mode and uses it for most things.  I suspect RedRyder may not
handle switching modes (most vt100 emulators I've run into don't).


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